[badcppdev]

Standard internet Watts warning that the Rift novels have random sexual torture just in case you prefer to avoid that

[gpderetta]

Right, yes, especially the last Rifter book made me wonder a bit about the sanity of the author.

[k__]

I read the acknowledgements in some of his books and found him rather dislikeable.

[caskstrength]

You might want to read his blog [0] to get more insight into his character. I got the impression that the author is a great and likeable human being that became rather cynical due to his disillusionment with humanity.

[0]: https://www.rifters.com/crawl/